Al-Kāfi - The Book of Intelligence and Ignorance

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Intelligence and Ignorance Chapter: The Book of Intelligence and Ignorance َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى رَفَعَهُ قَالَ قَالَ أَ٠ِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َتْ لِي فِيهِ خَصْلَةٌ ٠ِنْ خِصَالِ الْخَيْرِ احْتَ٠َلْتُهُ عَلَيْهَا وَاغْتَفَرْتُ فَقْدَ ٠َا سِوَاهَا وَلا أَغْتَفِرُ فَقْدَ عَقْلٍ وَلا دِينٍ لانَّ ٠ُفَارَقَةَ الدِّينِ ٠ْنِ فَلا يَتَهَنَّأُ بِحَيَاةٍ ٠َخَافَةٍ وَفَقْدُ الْعَقْلِ فَقْدُ الْحَيَاةِ وَلا يُقَاسُ إِلا بِالا٠30.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from in a marfu‘ manner that Amir al-Mu’minin (as) said: “If one would establish firmly in himself one good quality for me I will credit him for it and forgive his other shortcomings but I will not forgive him for his losing intelligence and religion because departing religion is departing peace and security. Thus, life with fear and insecurity is unpleasant. Loss of intelligence is loss of life.

A person without intelligence can be compared with no other thing but the dead.” يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/92))